FAM. II. KINGLETS, GNATCATCHEES, ETC. 



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male has orange and yellow ; the female, only yellow. The 

 kinglet is a fearless, nervous, quick-moving bird, found abun- 

 dantly flitting among the most slender twigs of the trees at 

 the proper season. The voice of the kinglet is marvelously 

 rich and the singing unusually continuous for so small a bird. 



Length, 4; wing, 2i (2-2]-); tail, If; tarsus, |; cuhnen, \. North 

 America in general ; breeding from the northern states northward (in the 

 mountains as far south as North Carolina), and wintering throughout 

 most of the states, south to the Gulf or even into Central America. 



Regulus calendula). — This 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet 



2. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (749 

 bird is like the last, ex- 

 cepting that there is no 

 black on the head ; the fe- 

 male even lacks the bright 

 crown patch of color, and 

 the male is apt to keep his 

 bright red feathers hidden. 

 The female and young ap- 

 pear just like warblers (the 

 American warblers belong 

 to Family VII.), but are de- 

 cidedly smaller than any of the olive-green-backed species, 

 excepting those which have bright yellow below or conspicu- 

 ous white blotches on the tail feathers, seen when the bird is 

 in flight. 



Length, 41 ; wing, 2\ (2-2|) ; tail, 1 1 ; tarsus, | ; culmen, \. North Amer- 

 ica in general ; breed- 

 ing mainly north of the 

 United States (in the 

 Rocky Mountains farther 

 south) , and wintering from 

 the Carolinas south to 

 Central America. 



3. Blue -gray Gnat- 

 catcher (751. Polidptila 

 ccerulea). — A very 

 Blue-gray anatcatcher Small, bluish-gray bird, 



